It looks like it has a super long stinger! But maybe (I'm hoping) that's just its body? The whole body including sting-y thing was maybe 3 inches long. It was on my back porch, along with a much smaller baby one. The only thing I could think of was a dragonfly, because of the long body, but I couldn't find one that looked like this. Also I think dragonfly babies look different than adults, and this one's baby looked the exact same, only miniature. I just want to know if I'll die of this thing stings me!

I don't know offhand, but there is a great site where you can post your unidentified insect pics and volunteers will try and ID them for you. I'll try and search around on this site to see if I can come up with an ID, too.LINK: http://bugguide.net/node/view/6/bgimage

That does look like it! I'm glad they don't sting. Although... it's not going to inject eggs under my skin while I sleep, right? I'm having flashbacks to that picture in the Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark book of the girl with baby spiders crawling out of her face.